Training engineers to meet the challenges of a changing world:

Training engineers to meet the
challenges of a changing world:
How a competency framework improves teaching
programs and team cohesion
Aurore Degré & Catherine Colaux
EESD 2016

Engineers are…
individuals who are capable of resolving
technical, practical, often complex and, usually,
new problems (CTI, 2006)
Engineers have to …
design, create and implement products, systems
or services that take into account
environmental, societal and financial issues
(CTI and AEQES 2013b).
Contribute to sustainable development
throughout their whole career

Challenges for bioengineers
•Food production for 10 billions people
•Natural ressources saving (water, soil,
biodiversity, …)
•In changing context

Teaching team responsibility
to train our students
to apply their knowledge
in real situations
our transmissive teaching methods
need to be turned into 'learning-
based' teaching methods.

Bioengineering Masters Degree in
Environmental Sciences and
Technology
•What kind of job will the students have after
graduation?
•How can we create the right curriculum to
prepare them?
–consistent with the competency-based approach,
–meet the needs of the future employers of these
students and society
–approved by the whole teaching staff